A Teenager's Thoughts On Her Brief Glimpses Of Adulthood, &c

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Here's the lowdown on being an adult: it's pretty lame. You know that knowing look that adults get in their eyes when they say something like "You'll understand when you get older"? It's complete bull. Being an adult, according to my humble observation of the species, is like being a teenager except, congratulations, now you have to deal with more paperwork.

What can I say? This week has been highly frustrating in the paperwork department.

Here is what I have read since I posted last: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. For a book by rick Riordan, it was very disappointing. It didn't even become enjoyable at all until the last quarter, and even then it was super confusing/implausible/frustrating. I know there's going to be a sequel and I just don't have that much hope for it. However awesome Percy Jackson was, I think it may be time for Riordan to venture out of the genre of gods who are just as petty and frustrating as people are and try to write some other, more readworthy genre of YA fiction. There are so many possibilities.

Here is what I have watched since I posted last: Prison Break and Karate Kid. Actually it's been weeks since I watched any Prison Break since Mom blocked Netflix, even though I was halfway through the first season finale. Talk about a cliffhanger. Stopping in the middle of a cliffhanger is doubly suspenseful. My thoughts on the show are tainted by a haze of respect for the writers for making a show that really makes you think, and I mean that in a good way. Not like Lost. Thinking about Lost just hurts your brain and never gets you anywhere. Here are things I like reading about/watching: martial arts, photographic memory, intricate planning, strong silent heroes, really creepily awful terrible bad guys, manipulative people, etc. Because Prison Break had at least four or five of the above, it almost goes without saying that I will love it. Yes, I am predictable in that way. And yes, I am also shallow. Old news.

Karate Kid was awesome. Go watch it. That's all.

-Amy